Five statistical analyses on efficiency and productivity [Elektronische Ressource] : the data envelopment analysis in economic history / vorgelegt von Dominic Behle

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• Publié par: eberhard_karls_universitat_tubingen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2010
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Five Statistical Analyses on Efficiency and Productivity. The Data
Envelopment Analysis in Economic History.
Inaugural-Dissertation
zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades
der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
vorgelegt von
Dipl.-Kaufmann Dominic Behle
Spaichingen
Tübingen
2010Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 18. Mai 2011
Dekan: Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Josef Schmid
Erstkorrektor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
Zweitkorrektor: Prof. Dr. Heinz Gert PreußeIII
Acknowledgments
First, I would like to thank my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten, who gave me the opport unity
to work in the research-oriented and stimulating environment of his research group in
Tuebingen. He supported my choice to work on efficiency, provided ideas, valuabl e criticism
and shared his impressive knowledge about a large variety of topics in economic history and
econometrics. He also provided the opportunities to present my work on num- erous interna
tional conferences, where I benefited from comments and ideas from scholars worki-ng on dif
ferent fields of economics and economic history.
I also thank Prof. Dr. Heinz Gert Preuße for his willingness to be my second a dvisor.
His focus on economic policy balanced the more methodological parts of the thesis.
My colleagues at the research group in economic history and seminar partici pants at
the University of Tuebingen provided many ideas, criticism and valuable other support. I want
to express special gratitude to Dr. Kirsten Jäger, Dr. Daniel Schwekendiek, Dr. D orothee
Crayen, Dr. Normann Müller, Dr. Kerstin Manzel, Linda Twrdek, Mojgan Stegl, Matthias
Blum, Ralph Hippe, Valeria Prayon and Yvonne Stolz. Numerous discussions with Dr. N-or
mann Müller taught me much about economics and scientific thinking. From Dr. Luis Hue rgo
I learned a lot about econometrics.
Many researchers in economic history provided comments and ideas. The exc hange of
ideas and knowledge on conferences and workshops proved invaluable for this thesis.
Without Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and Thomas Weiss this thesis would not exist.
Their samples from the American Manufacturing Census were the starting point for most of
this work. Jeremy Atack also shared his expertise on nineteenth century industrial -develop
ment with me. IV
Last but not least I want to thank my family, which has provided invaluable support
and encouragement. They endured the moments of joy and frustration associated with writi ng
a dissertation and listened to stories of methods they never thought did exist. V
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 .............
1.1 Out.................................................................................................line 5 .......................
Reference...............................................................................................s 9 .................
2 Industrial Efficiency in the Antebellum USA and its Implications for Industrial Structure
and Development........................................................................................... 10 ...........................
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 11 ..............................
2.2 Methodology and Data .................................................................. 13 ...........................
2.3 Factory vs. Artisanal Shop ..................................................................................... 16 ...
2.4 The Northern and Southern Industry before the Civil War ..................... 20.................
2.5 The Hypothes.............................................................................es 21 ...........................
2.6 Earlier Research on the Hypothesis of Southern backwardness ........................... 23 ....
2.7 Resul........................................................................................ts 25 ..............................
2.8 Efficiency and long-run Economic Growth .......................................................... 32 ....
2.9 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 33 .................
Reference.............................................................................................s 35 .................
Appendix 1: Figures and Tables ............................................................................ 37 .
Appendix 2: The Constant Returns to Scale specification .......................... 43 ...........
3 The Impact of the American Civil War on Manufacturing Efficiency. ................45...............
3.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 46 ..............................
3.2 The Civil War and its Economic Impact on American Industry ................48..............
3.3 The Data Envelopment Analysis 50 ....................
3.4 The Civil War and Manufacturing Efficiency ............................................ 54 ..............
3.5 The War and Efficiency: Empirical Results 56 .................
3.6 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 71 .................
Reference.............................................................................................s 73 .................
Appendix 1: Figures ................................................................................. 78 ..............
Appendix 2: Tables ........................................................................ 81 ........................
4 Do Numeracy and Health determine Labor Productivity in Tsarist Russia? ............85...........
4.1 Introduction 86 ..............................
4.2 Literature Revie.............................................................................w 87 ........................
4.3 Historical Background ................................................................................ 88 ..............
4.4 Data and Variables................................................................................................ 91 ....
4.5 Regression Results 97 .......
4.6 Conclusion 104 .................
Reference...........................................................................................s 106 .................
Appendix 110 .................
5 Regional Determinants of Firm Creation in the Russian Empire. Evidence from the 1870
Industrial Exhibition. ............................................................................... 111 ..............................
5.1 Introduction .............................................................................. 112 ..............................
5.2 Data................................................................................................................. 113 .......
5.3 Determinants of Firm Creati.....................................................................on 115 ..........VI
5.4 Resul.....................................................................................ts 119 ..............................
5.5 Conclusion ............................................................................................. 121 .................
Reference...........................................................................................s 123 .................
Appendix 125 .................
6 On the Determinants of a successful State: Good Governance between the 1850s and the
1980s................................................................................................................... 126 ....................
6.1 Introduction .............................................................................. 127 ..............................
6.2 Methodology .................................................................................................... 129 .......
6.3 Data 133 .......
6.4 Results – the Development of Government Perform.............ance ......137..................
6.5 How did we distinguish Inputs, Outputs and explanatory Variables?............. 143.......
6.6 Data used in the Second Step – Determinants of Efficie....................ncy 143..............
6.7 Regression Results 150 .......
6.8 Conclusion............................................................................................. 153 .................
Reference...........................................................................................s 155 .................
Appendix A: The Bootstrap ......................................................... 162 ........................
Appendix B: The Data Set........................................................ 164 ...........................
Appendix C: Figures .................................................................... 176 ........................
7 Summary and Research Outlook..................................................................................... 183 ...
References 187 .................VII
Abbreviations
DEA Data Envelopment Analysis
DMU Decision Making Unit
ELF Index of Ethno-Linguistic Fractionalization
EMS Efficiency Measurement System
EU European Union
GDP Gross Domestic Product
N Number of observations
OECD Organization for Economic